On October 18, of this month ‘Chandigarh network of people living with HIV/AIDS’ has completed two years of existence. Past few years were successful years in terms of achievements and obtaining results pertaining to Advocacy, IEC activities and issues related to care and support. On the advent of NACP–III, PLHA thought that participatory approach of including important stakeholders could help the community obtaining positive outcomes of NACP III objectives.

CNP+ was founded in 2005, registered in 2005, and now has over 1,000 members from Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh neighboring states, we are affiliated to the Indian Network for People Living with HIV (INP+).

Vision
‘Together we stand’, to symbolize unity in challenging HIV/AIDS stigma. Stigma, ‘A powerful and discrediting social label that radically changes the way individuals view themselves and are viewed as persons’, can be felt (internal stigma), leading to an unwillingness to seek help and access resources, or enacted (external stigma), leading to discrimination on the basis of HIV status or association with someone who is living with HIV/AIDS.

Mission
The right to non–discrimination, equal protection and equality before the law

The right to life

The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

The right to liberty and security of person

The right to freedom of movement

The right to seek and enjoy asylum

The right to privacy

The right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to freely receive and impart information

The right to freedom of association

The right to work

The right to marry and found a family

The right to equal access to education

The right to an adequate standard of living

The right to social security, assistance and welfare

The right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits

The right to participate in public and cultural life

The right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment